Practice towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students at Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia, 2021: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Frequency distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants at HUCMHS, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2021 ().

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Gender	Male	266	67.2
	Female	130	32.8
Age	20-24	277	69.9
	25-29	119	30.1
Department	Medicine	220	55.6
	Public health officer	36	9.1
	Nursing	31	7.8
	Medical laboratory	28	7.1
	Midwifery	20	5.1
	Radiology	16	4.0
	Anesthesia	16	4.0
	Psychiatry	15	3.8
	Optometry	14	3.5
Residence	Urban	250	63.1
	Rural	146	36.9
Religion	Orthodox	188	47.5
	Protestant	121	30.6
	Muslim	68	17.2
	Others	19	4.8
Ethnicity	Oromia	158	39.9
	Amhara	98	24.7
	Sidama	55	13.9
	Tigray	40	10.1
	Others	45	11.4
Marital status	Single	377	95.2
	Married	19	4.8
Year of study	Third year	92	23.2
	Fourth year	140	35.4
	Fifth year	77	19.4
	Sixth year	87	22.0